Life is beautiful
I know this to be true
And like the protagonist
In ‘War and Peace’
It’s taken hard time
Hitting rock bottom
And suffering
To see it clearly
And so it’s with gratitude
That I greet each day
And thank my lucky stars
That in didn’t end
In the depths of despair
All those years ago
Now I see
This amazing phenomenon
Of being a conscious being
With thought and body and soul
As a rare and beautiful gift
To be treasured and cherished
Life’s a gift
Make the most of it
I chose a nautical aesthetic because the of richness of meaning and metaphor in the Sea speaks to me of the person I’d like to be.
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Beautifully said. Hang in there.
difficult times teach us the best lesson!